What Type of Athletes Benefit from Acupuncture?
Acupuncture is currently used widely by athletes in Russia, China, Korea and Japan. A growing body of research confirms that it works as well in the West as it does in the East. Olympic athletes, baseball players, football teams regularly employ acupuncture and Chinese medicine as part of the training regimen. Many local teams and clubs are beginning to offer acupuncture to their members. In the UK several professional football (soccer) teams have full-time acupuncturists on their training staffs Almost any type of athlete can benefit from acupuncture and Oriental medicine, form runners to gymnasts, cyclists to hockey players.
